- you get cravings for a "Merlino", and so you drive all the way to Hagen's on Walnut & El Camino to satisfy your addiction

- you pretty much assume that, if there is a devil, he looks something like Bob Wilkins

- you actually "get" Rush Limbaugh's Rio Linda jokes

- you learned the classics from Captain Mitch

"Here's the last toast of the evening: Here's to those who still believe. All the losers will be winners, all the givers will receive. Here's to trouble-free tomorrows, may your sorrows all be small. Here's to the losers: bless them allSinatra "Here's to the Losers"

"Here's the last toast of the evening: Here's to those who still believe. All the losers will be winners, all the givers will receive. Here's to trouble-free tomorrows, may your sorrows all be small. Here's to the losers: bless them allSinatra "Here's to the Losers"

-someone is giving you directions and they say "over by where the orchards used ta be" ofcoarse most people don't remember where the orchards used to be, and they probably wouldn't know one orchard from another-but you always do remember just what they are talking about.

-the only people who can succesfully navigate through downtown sacramento without accidentally going the wrong way down a one way street are out of towners and probably from San Francisco.

-You are used to being labeled as 'one of those valley girl gangsters when you travel out of stateand being labeled a hick when you travel to So Cal which seems like it is out of state.

You've explained to people that you live near that prison in the Johnny Cash movie.

"Sometimes on purpose and sometimes by accident, teachers' unions have a long history of working against the interests of children in the name of job security for adults. And Democrats in particular have a history of facilitating this obstructionism in exchange for campaign donations and votes." . . .Amanda Ripley re "Waiting for Superman" movie.

When you tell your family that your gonna make a quick trip to the grocery store and your family understands that that means it will take at least 20 minutes to drive 1 block up and 1 block over. Oh, and don't forget the Starbucks on the way home!